One of the things you can do with the middle part of the day, when there's no …light is nap and that's what I've been doing and it was a really good idea. …It makes the getting up for sunrise easier to tolerate. …Also, it got really really windy, that wind that you saw out on the lake got worse. …so much worse that it's actually difficult to be outside shooting. …That's something you need to think about if you're going to come to Death Valley. …It can be prohibitively windy here. Between the sand blowing around that you …don't want to get in your camera and just the fact that it's hard to stand upright.…

and just the general discomfort in being in that kind of wind. …It's loud and it just kind of pounds on you. …That can go on for days here. So, if you're only going to come here for …3 or 4 days, especially in the spring, you need to be prepared for the fact that …you might get blown out. It might be too windy to really shoot here. …So you might have to think about a backup plan. …Now that's not just Death Valley Death Valley opens up into the southern part of …

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6/7/2013

Every type of location presents its own photographic challenges. For the stark wilderness of Death Valley National Park, these can include harsh desert light, stark landscapes, and a vastness that can be daunting to capture in a single frame. In this course, travel along with author, teacher, and photographer Ben Long to Death Valley to learn about the challenges and techniques behind capturing the exotic beauty and surprising details of the desert.